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Polydora fusca Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000
330919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330919)
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Radashevsky, V.I. & Hsieh, H.L. (2000). <i>Polydora</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) species from Taiwan. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 39(3): 203-217., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.3/203.pdf
page(s): 208-209, fig. 4, table 2 [details]
page(s): 208-209, fig. 4, table 2 [details]
Holotype ASIZP 54, geounit Taiwan Strait
, Note West Pacific Ocean, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan,...
Holotype ASIZP 54, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
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Type locality West Pacific Ocean, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan, Kinmen Islands, close to mainland China, Tzu Lake (24º28'N, 118º18'E), less than 2 m depth, sandy or muddy bottoms. [details]
Depth range Less than 2 m depth.
Distribution Tzu Lake, Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland China).
Etymology The specific epithet fusca, feminine of the Latin adjective fuscus and meaning 'dusky', 'tawny' or 'dark', refers to the...
Depth range Less than 2 m depth. [details]
Distribution Tzu Lake, Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland China).
Distribution Tzu Lake, Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland China). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet fusca, feminine of the Latin adjective fuscus and meaning 'dusky', 'tawny' or 'dark', refers to the...
Etymology The specific epithet fusca, feminine of the Latin adjective fuscus and meaning 'dusky', 'tawny' or 'dark', refers to the characteristic black (dark brown in alcohol) pigmentation scattered on the worm's head and body. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora fusca Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330919 on 2024-04-19
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Radashevsky, V.I. & Hsieh, H.L. (2000). <i>Polydora</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) species from Taiwan. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 39(3): 203-217., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.3/203.pdf
page(s): 208-209, fig. 4, table 2 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 208-209, fig. 4, table 2 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ASIZP 54, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
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Depth range Less than 2 m depth. [details]Diagnosis A moderate-sized gonochoristic Polydora species inhabiting mud tubes in soft bottoms. Head and anterior segments with fine scattered black pigment. Prostomium incised anteriorly. Eyes present or absent. Caruncle reaching end of segment 2. Median antenna present on the caruncle. Posterior notopodia with needlelike spines in addition to capillaries. Segment 5 without dorsal superior capillaries but with ventral capillaries; major spines falcate, with small lateral tooth, alternating with pennoned companion chaetae. Branchiae from segment 7 through about 3/4 of body. Pygidium cupshaped with dorsal gap. [details]
Distribution Tzu Lake, Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland China). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet fusca, feminine of the Latin adjective fuscus and meaning 'dusky', 'tawny' or 'dark', refers to the characteristic black (dark brown in alcohol) pigmentation scattered on the worm's head and body. [details]
Habitat Inhabits mud tubes on muddy bottoms in brackish-water environments, at shallow water. [details]
Reproduction Female with oocytes up to 60 µm in diameter present from segment 21 to end of fragment. Paired gonoducts revealed with methyl green staining from segment 22 onwards; gonoducts ending externally into two separate gonopores on dorsal side of fertile segments. Species gonochoristic; gametes develop in the middle part of the body beginning from segments 21-23. [details]
Type locality West Pacific Ocean, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan, Kinmen Islands, close to mainland China, Tzu Lake (24º28'N, 118º18'E), less than 2 m depth, sandy or muddy bottoms. [details]
